Collection 2023
Pressed Silence
This collection speaks through gesture alone. The face disappears, but the hands remain—grasping, shielding, cradling the pressure of what cannot be said. Through a palette of white gauze, blood red, ochre gold, and deep green-black, these figures enact a visual language of survival. They do not cry out. Instead, they hold themselves in stillness—a stillness heavy with memory, fear, and resilience.
Pressed Silence responds to a world where speech can cost a life, where showing your face is a risk, and where trauma is stored not just in the mind, but in the muscles. These images are both personal and political—portraits of those who must protect themselves not with armor, but with gesture.
In these works, the hand becomes testimony. It remembers what the mouth cannot say. It shields what the eyes cannot see. It connects the body to its history—through scar, through prayer, through the quiet insistence of presence.
This collection is not silent. It is silence under pressure—the kind that shakes from the inside, but never lets go.
© Soraya Younossi. All rights reserved.
© Soraya Younossi. All rights reserved.
© Soraya Younossi. All rights reserved.
© Soraya Younossi. All rights reserved. All artworks, images, and accompanying texts are the intellectual property of the artist, Soraya Younossi. No part of this exhibition may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the artist. Unauthorized use, duplication, or commercial exploitation of these works is strictly prohibited and subject to legal action.